Aubree Lewis - Alabama

I shot my first deer this past November at Cedar Ridge Hunting Club in Lowndes County, Ala. I saw one other buck the day before but he came up behind me and I had no shot. My dad and I had been there about an hour when two bucks came into the No-Plow green field. One was 4- or 5-point and the other was 7-point buck.
My dad couldn’t see either deer but I could so I raised my muzzleloader and aimed at the 7-point. After a few seconds the buck turned broadside and I took my shot. I asked my dad “Did I get him?” He said, “Reload your gun and let’s go look.” He had run about 50 yards into the pines but we found him after following the blood trail. It was a 7-point buck that weighed around 140 pounds. I am a 17-year-old girl and that is the story of how I shot my first buck.